Abstract:

Pancreatic carcinoma accounts for the most dismal survival among all malignancies with 5-year survival rates approaching 5%. The reason for this, besides the inherent biologic nature of the disease, is the fact that the patients tend to present late in the disease. We present a review of the current published data on cystic neoplasms of the pancreas, which though rare, constitute an important subgroup of pancreatic neoplasms that have a better prognosis and are potentially curable lesions.

Keywords: cystic tumours; pancreas; serous cystadenoma; mucinous cystadenoma; intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pan

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/13651820701435287

Affiliations: 1: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India